[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8494]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. LAURA RICHARDSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 24, 2009

  Ms. RICHARDSON. Madam Speaker, on Monday, March 9, 2009 I did not 
vote due to my attendance of the funeral of Los Angeles Police 
Department's Deputy Chief Kenneth 0. Garner. Deputy Chief Garner 
attended schools in the California 37th District, commanded over many 
stations in my district and was instrumental to the success of the 
Watts Gang Task Force evident by the busloads of residents who attended 
his service. Deputy Chief Garner will be remembered for his 30 years of 
service to the Los Angeles community and his achievement of greater 
respect and peace within the police department and the African 
American/Latino neighborhoods. Had I been present I would have voted 
``yea'' on rollcall votes No. 110, No. 111 and No. 112.

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